Sadikman, Jacob
Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP
(416) 862-4931
jsadikman@osler.com
Mr. Sadikman's practice
focuses on commercial
aspects of the electricity
sector, specializing in renew-
able energy and related assets.
His practice also focuses on
regulatory aspects of com-
modities and derivatives
trading and marketplace
matters.
Sanderson, QC, Chris W.
Lawson Lundell LLP
(604) 631-9183
csanderson@lawsonlundell.com
Mr. Sanderson focuses on
regulation and government
relations as they relate to
project development and
transportation infrastructure
in the energy and resource
sectors. Clients include
utilities, pipelines, oil & gas
companies, mines and
governments.
Schweitzer, Virginia K.
Fasken Martineau
DuMoulin LLP
(613) 696-6889
vschweitzer@fasken.com
Ms. Schweitzer's practice
includes corporate finance,
M&A and securities for min-
ing, energy and technology
clients. She advises private
and publicly listed clients in
Canada and internationally
on acquisitions, investments
and joint ventures.
Saltzman, Jason A.
Dentons Canada LLP
(416) 863-4670
jason.saltzman@dentons.com
Mr. Saltzman's corporate fi-
nance and securities practice
includes a focus on cleantech,
including renewables, water
tech and ag tech. His clients
include issuers, dealers and
investors on financings
ranging from start-ups to
public offerings.
Schneider, Chad
Blake, Cassels
& Graydon LLP
(403) 260-9660
chad.schneider@blakes.com
Mr. Schneider focuses his
corporate and securities law
practice in the energy sector,
and in particular on domestic
and cross-border M&A and
equity and debt financings,
continuous disclosure, gov-
ernance, private equity and
general corporate matters.
Scott, Richard
Dentons Canada LLP
(416) 863-4370
richard.scott@dentons.com
Mr. Scott focuses on M&A,
reorganizations & corpor-
ate finance transactions,
including multinational
transactions in Canada,
the US, the UK and other
countries. He has significant
experience in managing large
take-over bids & corporate
reorganizations.
Whitecap is a dividend-paying oil-
weighted company based in Calgary with
properties in Alberta and west central Sas-
katchewan. Whitecap's common shares are
traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange un-
der the symbol WCP.
Beaumont is a concentrated, high net-
back, light oil-weighted Viking focused
company with operations primarily in the
Kerrobert area of west central Saskatchewan.
Whitecap was represented by Burnet,
Duckworth & Palmer LLP. e team
from BD&P was composed of Grant Za-
walsky, Shannon Gangl, Nicole Bacsalma-
si and Sylvie Welsh (securities), Heather
DiGregorio (tax) and Jody Wivcharuk
(competition).
Beaumont was represented by Borden
Ladner Gervais LLP. e team from BLG
was composed of William Guinan, Steven
Pearson, Louise Lee, Michael Saliken and
Peter Newman (securities), and Lindsay
Holmes and Jean-Philippe Couture (tax).
Bellatrix Exploration
completes US$250M financing
CLOSING DATE: May 21, 2015
On May 21, 2015, Bellatrix Exploration
Ltd. (Bellatrix) completed a private offer-
ing of US$250 million of 8.50 per cent
senior unsecured notes due 2020.
Bellatrix is an oil and natural gas compa-
ny operating in Alberta, British Columbia
and Saskatchewan.
Bellatrix was represented in Canada by
Charles Kraus, VP, General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary, and Cam Anderson,
Legal Counsel of Bellatrix, and by Burnet,
Duckworth & Palmer LLP with a team
that included Ted Brown, Alyson Gold-
man, Lindsay Cox and Bronwyn Inkster
(securities) and Trish Fehr (banking ). Bella-
trix was represented in the US by Vinson &
Elkins LLP with a team that included Mi-
chael Harrington, Shelley Barber, Judy Blis-
sard, John Johnston and Frankie Shulkin.
e Initial Purchasers were represented
in Canada by Scott Cochlan, Craig Mau-
rice and Leah Dickie of Torys LLP, and in
the US by Art Robinson, Rhett Brandon,
Justin Hoffman, Paul Rodriguez and Tracy
Ke of Simpson acher & Bartlett LLP.
TransCanada Trust closes
hybrid trust note offering
CLOSING DATE: MAY 20, 2015
On May 20, 2015, TransCanada Trust
closed its public offering in the United States
of Hybrid Trust Notes Due 2075 for aggre-
gate gross proceeds of US$750,000,000.
e notes are guaranteed on a subor-
dinated basis by TransCanada PipeLines
Limited (TCPL). e notes provide TCPL
with a cost-effective means of raising capital,
which qualifies for Basket "C" equity treat-
ment by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.,
and for "Intermediate Equity Credit" by
Standard & Poors Ratings Services. HSBC
Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securi-
ties (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubi-
shi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Se-
curities USA Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as un-
derwriters in respect of this offering.
TransCanada was represented by its in-
house counsel Lisa Grams, Tara Shaw and
Kelly Galloway (corporate/securities) and
Glyn Menard (tax) and assisted, on Cana-
dian corporate and securities matters, by
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a
team including Stephen Ashbourne, Ross
Bentley, Brendan Reay, Jeff Bakker, Mi-
chael Hickey, Trevor Rowles and Vladimir
Cvijetinovic; on Canadian tax matters,
by Stikeman Elliott LLP with a team
including Douglas Richardson and Julie
D'Avignon; and on US matters, by a team
at Mayer Brown LLP including Michael
Hermsen and James Lisak (corporate/secu-
rities), James Barry (tax) and Lennine Oc-
chino and Elizabeth Dyer (ERISA).
e underwriters were represented on
US matters by a team at Paul, Weiss, Rif-
kind, Wharton & Garrison LLP includ-
ing Christopher Cummings, Stephen Cen-
ta and Ronnie Ollo (corporate/securities),
William O'Brien (environmental law), and
David Mayo and Jenna Harris (tax), and on
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